Apparatus adapted to be secured to a pole or cable for supporting a vertical sign in any desired angular position about its vertical axis and for detachably locking same in said position.
A slalom gate comprises a pair of upright gate posts, a flag panel having two side edges and an upper edge, the side edges defining sleeve-like elements receiving the gate posts whereby the flat panel is held between the gate posts, two clamping devices affixing the upper edge of the flag to the gate posts, at least one of the clamping devices being separate from the flag panel, and an elongated rubber-elastic traction member connecting the flag panel at least at one of the gate posts to the separate clamping device.